How To Make A Shadow Box Card with the Cutest Cows Bundle

 Hello Craftin' Friends!

Today's card uses the Cutest Cows Bundle, which I fell in love with as soon as I saw the January to April Mini Catalogue. I opted to make a birthday card this time, because that's what I use the most. 

I love the sunflowers, as well as the variety of cow images. The set includes a number of cow faces, a laying down cow, flowers, and a milk urn. There's even a tiny cow bell! The shadow box card is not difficult, but it is important to do the steps in the correct order. This card will fold flat to go into a medium envelope, although the layers do add a little extra thickness.You can see my video tutorial here, including tips & measurements for the card. 

I love the funny sentiments that coordinate with the cow theme of this set, and also how the stamps can create cute scenes for inside the cards as well. You can see a complete list of the products used to make this card here. and order the supplies to make this card in my online store here. Please use Host Code RNQ MY744 for orders less than $200 placed this month. 

Hope you're feeling inspired and ready to create your own Shadow Box Card. If you do, please hop over to my Craftin' Granny's Stamping Friends Group and leave me a photo! I'd love to see your creations. 

Happy Crafting!
Kelly Pulham
aka Craftin' Granny

Nature's Sweetness DSP with Thoughtful Expressions Bundle

 Hello Craftin' Friends!

Have you ever been afraid to cut into your Designer Series Paper? I confess that I had a difficult time cutting into my Nature's Sweetness DSP. It's lovely, and shiny, and seemed to require a special project to warrant cutting into the new pack of paper! Well, when I was planning for my Facebook LIVE this past week, I came across the Triple Accordian Fold Card. That was it! 

I chose to use the Stylish Shapes square dies for my card. I immediately pictures them in diamond direction, and thought they worked well for this fun fold card. I added two stamped images and a heat embossed sentiment to the first die cut on the card front. 

On the second die cut, I stamped the larger floral image from the Thoughtful Expressions Stamp Set. I coloured the leaves on all images with Pecan Pie Stampin' Blends, to copy the images on the DSP which showed leaves in colour and flowers in Pebbled Path and white. 

Some little flowers on wee square die cut with some Pecan Pie leaves in behind added a final touch to this special card. I intentionally didn't add a second sentiment inside the card, so that I can choose whatever occasion I like when using this card. One tip for you if you decide to make this fun fold. Pay attention to the directionality of your design when you score for your folds. In my video tutorial, I forgot this, and ended up with the opposite side of the DSP showing for my card. It turned out okay, since I had specifically chosen this paper because I like both sides of the DSP and the way they looked together, but it did throw me for a loop!

If you enjoyed this card, why not check me out on my other social media channels at kellypulham.ca. 

Happy Crafting!
Kelly Pulham
aka Craftin' Granny

Doggone Friendly Stamp Set Three Ways

 Hello Craftin' Friends!

Have you ever had the experience where some tasks are just really difficult to get completed? This blog post is one of those, because I had difficulty when recording the video Tuesday night, and I've been fighting illness all week. But I love these cards!

The Doggone Friendly Stamp Set is so fun to use. The doggy faces that cover the stamp are all so cute...and friendly! Their happy faces make me smile every time I use this set.

Now, I know that background stamps are a little different, and you  may not be sure about how to use them. That's why I created these cards and this video tutorial. 

The first card uses the stamped image cut into panels. I added two mats, then added a sentiment from the Layering Leaves Stamp Set to complete the card. Panel cards are also very effective done with Designer Series Paper Panels.

For the second card, I stamped the dogs, then die cut a section of the large image to create my focal point. I used the Everyday Details Dies and the In Color 2023 -25 Designer Series Paper to decorate my card. The sentiment is from the Darling Details Stamp Set and I cut it out using one of the Stylish Shapes dies.

My third card has a window and the stamped image of the dogs peeks through, The sentiment for this card is from the Charming Sentiments Stamp Set.

Materials used to make these cards are available in my online store. Please use Host Code WRHPHZ9S for orders less than $200. If you try these ides with an alternate background stamp, be sure to share your cards in the comments. I would love to see what you do!

Happy Crafting!
Kelly Pulham
aka Craftin' Granny

Zany Zoo With Countryside Corners Dies

 Hello Craftin' Friends!

It's a balmy Monday afternoon here in Brantford and I am starting to feel the pressure to get packing for our big move. We're almost to June, and moving date is June 19th! Still, there's lots of great stuff happening with Stampin' Up! that I'm sure you want to know about. June 1st there's a Designer Series Paper Sale happening. Get 15% off select DSP's from the Annual Catalogue. You can see the flyer in my Craftin' Granny's Stamping Friends Group on Facebook. You do have to join the group to see the files.

Today's card is a fun fold that's super easy to create. You can see the free video tutorial here. I love using black and white paper with a pop of colour, so I was super excited to see the back side of the Zoo Crew DSP. 

This card opens to reveal what I'm calling a backwards "z" fold that holds a popped up image which peeks through the window in the front of the card. 

When the card is fully opened, it reveals another image and/or sentiment. For the original card I used a sentiment and image from the Happy Hedgehogs Stamp Set. 

For the card created on my video, I just added an image from the Zany Zoo Stamp Set. 

I really loved being able to colour a part of the images with Azure Afternoon Stampin' Blends to co-ordinate with the card base. I found this pop of colour just seemed to work with the Black and White DSP. 

With the exception of the 1 1/2" circle punch used on the card front, all of the materials are available in my online store. Check out My Projects on my web page for a complete listing of supplies. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please leave me a comment if you liked the card!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly Pulham

aka Craftin' Granny

Season of Chic - Autumn Cards

 Hi there, Craftin' Friends!

I had a request for some Season of Chic cards, and truthfully I've been wanting to play more with the Texture Chic Bundle and co-ordinating Texture Chic DSP and the Distressed Gold Specialty Paper. These items are found on page 99 in the Annual Catalogue. It's a great product suite because the images and DSP work through the seasons, and because of the varied sentiments on the stamp set. On August 10th, I used some of the Designer Seried Paper with the Sunkissed Stamp Set to create a gorgeous Double Slider Card., so in October it just seemed right to have a go at some Autumn cards. 

For my Facebook LIVE video, I created an easel card using the DSP with the oak leaves, as well as the Gold Specialty Paper. My inspiration for this card came from elainescreations.net who made a beautiful winter card using this suite. My autumn card uses many of her ideas. I loved the stamped background, but chose to subsitute oak leaves for the snowflake. My leaves were stamped using Mango Melody and Petal Pink, and the sentiment is heat embossed in gold. 

Inside the card, I did add some texture with the retired Bark 3D embossing folder, mainly since I had a scrap of paper left over already embossed in my stash! I really think it worked for the card though. I also borrowed a sentiment from the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set as I wanted this to work as a sympathy card. The second sentiment worked perfectly to create the prop for the easel part of the card, while still leaving room to sign the card. Check out the video tutorial for this card here.

Measurements:

• Soft Succulent 4 1/4 by 11" score at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2", die cut circle (2nd largest) from Stylish Shapes Dies, 3/4" by 4" embossed
• Evening Evergreen 3 1/4" by 4 1/2", 2 13/16" by 4 1/16", 1 1/4 by 2 1/2"
• Basic White 4" by 5 1/4", 1" by 2", scraps for stamping 2 leaves
• Gold Distressed Paper 3" by 4 1/4", die cut leaf
• DSP with oak leaves 2 3/4 by 4"
• 14" linen thread

My second card is a birthday card. I love the birthday sentiment with the Season of Chic Stamp Set. This card was inspired by priscillastamps.blogspot.com. I went with my own colour scheme and switched up the season again. The Soft Suede seems to contrast really well with the Petal Pink and Gold to give this card some pizzazz. The embossed Soft Suede square was done using the Timber 3D embossing folder, which is quickly becoming my new favourite!

Inside the card I added some subtle texture by stamping Petal Pink spots in second generation stamping. The sentiment over top is also from the Very Best Occasions Stamp Set. 

Measurements:

• Petal Pink 5 1/2" by 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4", 1 7/8" square, 3 by 4" for die cutting "netting"
• Soft Suede 4 1/8" by 5 3/8" - cut 2, 2 1/8" square embossed 
• Distressed Gold 2 3/8" square, scrap for leaf
• Basic White 4 by 5 1/4", 3 pieces 1 1/2" by 2 3/4" for stamping and die cutting leaves
• DSP 4" by 5 1/4"

You can purchase the products used to make these cards in my online store. For a link to see all of the products used, go to my website, craftingranny.stampinup.net, and click on My Projects tab. Please use Host Code 7MKTEZPP for orders less than $200. 

Happy Crafting!

Kelly Pulham

aka Craftin' Granny